Quilting with loose weave fabric

[youlooklikeaclown]

Don't laugh (okay do laugh) I am about to make a quilt in a swiss cross/ plus sign pattern. Lots of squares and rectangles and gamely following my squared paper plan, stash reduction in progress. Except I have a loose weave fabric in the plan. The weave is more open I've carefully cut out the squares and rectangles only to find that when I stich it with the rest of the row, it's going to warp or not hang true. I feel if I stabilise the fabric with regular iron on stabiliser, it should solve the problem, but would stay-stitching help as well? I'm aiming on a seam allowance of 0.5 minimum. I don't want to ditch the fabric and delve into the stash again! Any thoughts? Please help!!

[youlooklikeaclown]

edit point weave is more open than linen but it's not scrim, I think

[DownUdderer]

Can you starch it loads and loads?

[youlooklikeaclown]

Thanks DownUdderer I have a can of starch and I will nuke some pieces with that!

[DownUdderer]

I think the loose weave could be a problem, (when you actually quilt the quilt it will add some stability), but could be a pain if you quilt with a machine, because the fabrics will probably be quite stretchy. You might end up with major folds or bunching. But if you hand quilted or tie the quilt you could be ok.

[youlooklikeaclown]

Thanks DownUdderer I've decided to ditch the fabric and use something else. It was a remnant via a carboot sale so no great loss.